Thanks for sharing,<br><br>I wonder if others onlist were ever "forced subscribed" to the author's lists. Below occured last year prompting me to speedily request him to unsubscribe my email address.<br>- - - begin - -<br>
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<br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#000000">From: <b class="undefined">Alex Gakuru</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gakuru@gmail.com">gakuru@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:57 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:lauren@vortex.com">lauren@vortex.com</a>, <a href="mailto:gakuru@gmail.com">gakuru@gmail.com</a><br></font><br></span><br>Please remove my email from this mailing list since I never requested<br>
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</font><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#000000">From: <b class="undefined">Lauren Weinstein</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lauren@vortex.com">lauren@vortex.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:59 AM<br>
To: Alex Gakuru <<a href="mailto:gakuru@gmail.com">gakuru@gmail.com</a>><br></font><br></span><br>Done. Sorry about that.<br>
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</font><br>----------<br><span class="undefined"><font color="#000000">From: <b class="undefined">Alex Gakuru</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gakuru@gmail.com">gakuru@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:09 AM<br>
To: Lauren Weinstein <<a href="mailto:lauren@vortex.com">lauren@vortex.com</a>><br></font><br></span><br>appreciated.<br>
<br></div> <br>- - - ends - - <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Nicolas Adam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nickolas.adam@gmail.com">nickolas.adam@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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You'll notice the "Protect Your Brand", in the center. It's not as
big as the criticism below make it to be but it's there.<br>
<br>
Would it be relevant and/or feasible to 'regulate' (read
encourage/constrain ==> through types of means that i will leave
open to discussion) the way registrar can market those new TLD?<br>
<br>
First, it doesn't look good. <br>
<br>
Second, while i don't think anybody (except perhaps established
registrars) who are in favor of gTLD expansion have a clear view of
what the emergent system of naming and names will or should be, i am
pretty sure no-one so disposed would care to advocate that this
system should establish itself mainly as a protection scheme. <br>
<br>
Is forcing advertising to depart with the protection rhetoric a step
forward? Is it feasible?<br>
<br>
Just some thoughts.<br>
<br>
Nicolas<br>
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<td>[ NNSquad ] "Domain Protection Racket" Promotion on
Network Solutions Home Page</td>
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<td>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:42:23 -0700</td>
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<td>Lauren Weinstein <a href="mailto:lauren@vortex.com" target="_blank"><lauren@vortex.com></a></td>
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<pre>"Domain Protection Racket" Promotion on Network Solutions Home Page
This "in your face" promotion currently running on the Network
Solutions home page clearly illustrates how the current top-level
domains (gTLD) expansion plan is akin to a traditional "Sign up now or
something bad might, uh, happen to you, buddy!" protection racket.
<a href="http://j.mp/ofrzyv" target="_blank">http://j.mp/ofrzyv</a> (Lauren's Blog - Screen capture from <a href="http://networksolutions.com" target="_blank">networksolutions.com</a>)
As you can see, there is no concept of community service, social
responsibility, or even real "value-added" benefits. The promotion
for two TLDs is explicitly about *protection* -- as in protecting
yourself from someone else grabbing those domains and making you look
bad, confusing your customers, and worse -- whether you have any real
interest in those TLDs or not.
And this is *only the beginning*, my friends.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (<a href="mailto:lauren@vortex.com" target="_blank">lauren@vortex.com</a>): <a href="http://www.vortex.com/lauren" target="_blank">http://www.vortex.com/lauren</a>
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